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Hotel Rwanda checks in to Iowa State for two nights in October

AMES, Iowa - An upcoming movie and lecture hosted by Iowa State
University tell a tale of heroism and bravery during the Rwandan genocide in
1994. The events are free and open to the public.

The movie "Hotel Rwanda" depicts the real-life story of hotel manager
Paul Rusesabagina and his efforts to save more than a thousand countrymen
during the slaying of close to a million ethnic minority Tutsis. The movie
will be shown at 7 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 16 in the Sun Room, Memorial Union.
Award-winning actor Don Cheadle stars as the caring Rusesabagina who risks
his family's safety to help others by opening the doors of the five-star
hotel he managed.

Ten days later, the real Rusesabagina will present a lecture at 8 p.m.,
Wednesday, Oct. 26 in the Great Hall, Memorial Union, to recount his
first-hand experiences. Born in Rwanda in 1954, Rusesabagina entered
missionary school at the age of 8 and later entered the hotel and catering
industry. He was manager of the Milles Collines hotel at the start of the
Rwanda crises.

The movie and lecture are part of the 2005-06 World Affairs Series that's
funded by Government of the Student Body and cosponsored by the departments
of women's studies, political science, the College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences Miller Fund, Student Union Board, Bioethics Program and the George
Gund Fund

Other lectures in the World Affairs Series are:

"Global Justice and Human Rights" by Glyn T. Davies at 8 p.m., Oct.
25 in the Sun Room, Memorial Union. Davies is acting assistant secretary,
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor in the State Department.

"The Future of Rwanda" by Romain Murenzi at noon, Oct. 28 in the
Campanile Room, Memorial Union. Murenzi is the Minister of Education,
Science, Technology and Scientific Research for the republic of Rwanda, and
he will be discussing government policies and development initiatives in
education and technology.

"Global Justice and Human Rights: An Environmental Perspective" by
Vandana Shiva at 8 p.m. Oct. 31 in the Sun Room, Memorial Union. Shiva is a
world-renowned environmental leader and thinker and director of the Research
Foundation for Science, Technology, and Natural Resource Policy in
India.

"Global Justice and Human Rights" by Noam Chomsky at 8 p.m., April
11, 2006, in the Great Hall, Memorial Union. Chomsky is on faculty in the
Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. He held the Ferrari P. Ward Professorship of Modern Languages
and Linguistics, and was appointed Institute Professor.

"International War Crimes Tribunal in Rwanda" by Stephen Rapp at 8
p.m. April 12, 2006 in the Sun Room, Memorial Union. Rapp, a former U.S.
attorney in Iowa, has spent the last four years rounding up and prosecuting
suspects in the 1994 Rwandan genocide that left 800,000 dead.

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Quick look

The World Affairs Series at Iowa State kicks off with the movie Hotel
Rwanda, which depicts the real-life story of hotel manager Paul
Rusesabagina and his efforts to save more than a thousand countryment during
the slaying of close to a million ethnic minority Tutsis. Then two weeks
later, the real Rusesabagina presents a lecture on campus.

The movie will be shown at 7 p.m. Oct. 16 in the Memorial Union Sun Room.
Rusesabagina's talk will be at 8 p.m. Oct. 26 in the Memorial Union Great
Hall.